Mayor of Watford

Mayor of Watford
Coat of arms of the Borough of Watford
Incumbent Dorothy Thornhill since May 2002
Style	No courtesy title or style
Appointer	Electorate of Watford
Term length	Four years
Inaugural holder	Dorothy Thornhill (May 2002)
Succession	May 2014

The Mayor of Watford is the head of the borough council of Watford, Hertfordshire, England. The holder of the position is a directly elected mayor elected using the supplementary vote, every four years. The Current Mayor of Watford is Dorothy Thornhill who is Watford's first directly elected mayor, and was also the first female directly elected mayor in the United Kingdom and the Liberal Democrats' first directly elected mayor. She has been Mayor of Watford since May 2002, being re-elected in May 2006, and in May 2010 she became the second mayor to be re-elected for a third term in the United Kingdom.

Referendum

Mayor of Watford referendum
12 June 2001

Choice	Votes	%
Elected Mayor	7,636	51.7
Cabinet System	7,140	48.3
Required majority	50
Total votes	14,776	100.00
Source: House of Commons Library[1]

Election results

The position was established after a referendum in 2001 and the first election was held in 2002.

2002

Watford Mayoral Election 2 May 2002 [2]
Party		Candidate	1st Round	%	2nd Round	Total	First Round Votes  Transfer Votes
	Liberal Democrat	Dorothy Thornhill	10,954	49.4%	2,519	13,473	​​
	Labour	Vince Muspratt	4,899	22.1%	370	5,269	​​
	Conservative	Gary Ling	4,746	21.4%			​​
	Green	Stephen Rackett	851	3.8%			​​
	Socialist Alliance	Paul Woodward	390	1.8%			​​
	Fat Cat	Tristram Cooke	330	1.5%			​​
	Liberal Democrat win

2006

Watford Mayoral Election 4 May 2006 [3]
Party		Candidate	1st Round	%	2nd Round	Total	First Round Votes  Transfer Votes
	Liberal Democrat	Dorothy Thornhill	11,963	51.2%			​​
	Conservative	Stephen O'Brien	4,838	20.7%			​​
	Labour	Ruth Ellis	4,062	17.4%			​​
	Green	Stephen Rackett	2,522	10.8%			​​
	Liberal Democrat hold

2010

Watford Mayoral Election 6 May 2010 [4]
Party		Candidate	1st Round	%	2nd Round	Total	First Round Votes  Transfer Votes
	Liberal Democrat	Dorothy Thornhill	19,153	45.9%	4,276	23,429	​​
	Conservative	Stephen Johnson	10,403	24.9%	1,105	11,508	​​
	Labour	Nigel Bell	10,029	24.0%			​​
	Green	Alex MacGregor-Mason	2,173	5.2%			​​
	Liberal Democrat hold

2014

Watford Mayoral Election 22 May 2014 [5]
Party		Candidate	1st Round	%	2nd Round	Total	First Round Votes  Transfer Votes
	Liberal Democrat	Dorothy Thornhill	11,741	45.90%	2,452	14,193	​​
	Labour	Jagtar Dhindsa	6,577	25.71%	927	7,504	​​
	UKIP	Philip Cox	3,789	14.81%			​​
	Conservative	Linda Topping	3,470	13.57%			​​
	Liberal Democrat hold

References

1. "Local Elections in England: 2 May 2002" (PDF). House of Commons Library. 9 May 2002. Retrieved 18 January 2013. line feed character in |title= at position 19 (help)
2. "Election Results - Mayoral 2 May 2002". Watford Borough Council. 3 May 2002. Retrieved 19 January 2013.
3. . Watford Borough Council. 5 May 2006 http://www.watford.gov.uk/ccm/content/legal-and-democratic/elections/election-results-mayoral-4-may-2006.en. Retrieved 19 January 2013. Missing or empty |title= (help)
4. "Election results - Mayoral 6 May 2010". Watford Borough Council. 7 May 2010. Retrieved 19 January 2013.
5. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-27543975